The unifying theory of scaling in thermal convection: the updated prefactors

DOI10.1017/jfm.2013.298zbMath1291.76301arXiv1301.7096OpenAlexW3105414107MaRDI QIDQ5165734

Erwin P. van der Poel, Richard J. A. M. Stevens, Siegfried Grossmann, Detlef Lohse

Publication date: 30 June 2014

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.7096

zbMATH Keywords

Bénard convectionturbulent convectionturbulence theory

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